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A method for controlling the blood glucose level of a patient and periodically calibrating the glucose sensor using a calibration solution. The method controls the level of blood glucose in a patient through an extracorporeal blood circuit by: withdrawing blood from a vascular system in the patient to the extracorporeal circuit; removing ultrafiltrate from the withdrawn blood in the circuit; determining a level of glucose present in the blood based on the removed ultrafiltrate; infusing at least a portion of the removed ultrafiltrate and the withdrawn blood into the vascular system, and infusing insulin into the patient based on the determined level of glucose.

Described are pigmented inks comprising a liquid medium, a pigment, and a polyurethane dispersant, the pigment being stabilized by the polyurethane dispersant, and the ink being suitable for use in an ink jet printer.

Systems and methods for reducing distention in designated portions of a heart muscle while assisting cardiac valve alignment and coaptation. Anchoring devices are secured to the heart muscle and a bio-compatible cardiac assist device placed over portions of the heart muscle is separately secured to the anchoring devices. The cardiac assist device may be a material that wraps portions of the heart muscle, or may be straps that wrap portions of the heart muscle. Tightening and securing the cardiac assist device in place helps to reduce distention in chambers of the heart muscle and aids alignment and coaptation of cardiac valves.

An improved n-channel integrated lateral DMOS (10) in which a buried body region (30), beneath and self-aligned to the source (18) and normal body diffusions, provides a low impedance path for holes emitted at the drain region (16). This greatly reduces secondary electron generation, and accordingly reduces the gain of the parasitic PNP bipolar device. The reduced regeneration in turn raises the critical field value, and hence the safe operating area.

The present disclosure discloses processes for treating, producing, or producing and treating biodiesel. Products produced with the various processes of the present invention are also disclosed.

The present invention provides therapeutic combinations featuring anti-CD73 antibodies (e.g., MEDI9447) and A2A receptor inhibitors and methods of using such combinations for reducing tumor-mediated immunosuppression.

An electrosurgical blade for use in electrosurgery includes a body having at least one conductive element that is surrounded by an insulation layer except at a conductor edge portion of the conductive element. The profile of the electrosurgical blade is configured to concentrate the flow of electrosurgical energy in a concentration region to facilitate starting or initiating the electrosurgical process. The profile of the electrosurgical blade is further configured to prevent excessive delivery of electrosurgical energy to reduce or eliminate the production of smoke and eschar and reduce tissue damage.

To make an oriented plastics material geogrid 10 in which oriented strands 6, 9 form triangular meshes with a junction 11 at each corner and six of the strands 6, 9 meet at each junction 11, a plastics material sheet starting material 1 has holes 2 in an array of hexagons 3, opposite holes 2 of each hexagon being aligned in the machine direction, and the starting material 1 is stretched first in the machine direction and secondly in the transverse direction. In the eventual geogrid 10, the centre portions of the hexagons in the starting material 1 form the junctions 11. The centres of the junctions 11 are slightly biaxially oriented, but at the edges of the junctions 11, the orientation of the edge of substantially each strand 6 or 9 runs around the edge of the respective junction 11 and into the edge of the next strand 6 or 9. During the second stretch, restraint can be applied in the first stretch direction and discontinued before the material is allowed to relax in the second stretch direction. If desired, the procedure can be terminated after the first stretch, to produce a uniaxially-oriented geogrid. By using a starting material 21 which has through holes 22 and weakened zones 23, it is possible to form the geogrid of the invention from a starting material 21 having a rectangular array of through holes 22.